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(No Model.) F. H; BROWN. POCKET SAVINGS BANK.

No. 450,216. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. H. BROIVN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THEODORE M. MOE.

POCKET SAVI NGS-BAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,216, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed January 30, 1891. Serial 110379.689. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FRED. H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Savings-Banks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the'same; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a view showing the removable bottom; Fig. 4, a View of the removable bottom with its retainingspring in place, and Fig. 5 a view of the retaining-spring.

The same letters of reference mark the same parts in the different figures.

This pocket-safe is made, preferably, out of a tube of metal of such diameters as to hold dimes, nickles, and cents. It is of sufficient length to hold a certain amount of money, say fifty dimes.

' The bottom piece a can be made of any suitable material. It is a circular piece fitting snugly within the bottom of the tube b 1). Around the edge is turned a groove 0, in which is placed an expansion-spring (Z. This spring in its normal condition is sprung open a little in excess of the outer diameter of the bottom piece, which it encircles. When it is desired to place the bottom piece in the tube, the ends of the expansion spring can be pressed into its groove and held in this condition until the bottom is pushed into the bottom end of the tube. There is a slight groove e turned out of the inner part of the tube directly opposite to the groove in the bottom piece. The spring expands when it is pushed into the tube sufficiently for the two grooves to be opposite each other. The spring then acts as a key and locks the bottom piece in place by friction.

\Vhen it is desired to open the bottom of the bank, (or tube,) it is first necessary to fill it with dimes or other money sufficiently that the screw m, when screwed down through the head 12, will impinge against the column of money and so force out the bottom piece, when the money falls out. are drilled through the tube, either vertically or diagonally, so as to show the height of the column and to register the amount of money in the tube. The screw is made of just such length that it will not reach the column until the tube is nearly full of money. The screw will then reach and impinge against the column of money, thereby forcing out the bottom piece. The slot 0 for inserting coins is slanted slightly upward, which prevents the pieces of money from being shaken out when the tube is inverted.

WVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pocket savings-bank for coins, comprising a tube I), having a slot 0 for the insertion of the coins, a removable bottom aat one end of the tube and a thumb-screw m at the other adapted to be brought to bear upon a column of coins within the tube and thereby removc said bottom to open the bank, substantially as described.

2. A pocket-safe for coins, comprising a tube I), having a slot 0 for the insertion of the coins, a removable spring-held bottom a at one end of the tube, and means at the other end adapted to be brought to bear upon a column of coins within the tube, and thereby remove said bottom to open the bank, substantially as described.

3. A pocket-safe for coins, consisting of a slotted tube, adetachable spring-bottom, and a thumb-screw, which, by impinging against the column of money within, forces out the detachable spring-bottom of the tube, thereby opening the bank, as described.

4. A pocket-safe for coins, comprising a tube I), having a slotofor the insertion of the coins, a removable bottomaat one end of the tube, having a groove 0 in its periphery, a springin said groove adapted to press against the tube to hold the bottom in place, and means at the other end of the tube adapted to be brought to bear upon a column of coins within the tube, and thereby remove the bottom to open the bank, substantially as shown and described.

5. A pocket savings-bank for coins, comprising a tube 5, having a slot 0 for the insertion of coins, a removable bottom a at one end of the tube, having a groove 0, in its pe- Holes f riphery, a spring in said groove adapted to In testimony whereofI affix mysignztturel'n press against the tube to hold the bottom in presence of two Witnesses. place, and a thumb-screw m at the other end of the tube, adapted to bebrought to bear FRED. I-I. BROWN. 5 upon the column of coins within the tube, and Witnesses:

thereby remove the bottom to open the bank, WILL C. HUNTER,

substantially as shown and described. H. K. FANNIN. 

